Author Archive: Darr Hawthorne
Mike Janis Grabs First NHRA Pro Mod Championship As Sidnei Frigo Wins Vegas Finals!
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – Mike Janis won his first E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service world championship at the season ending event during the NHRA...
Photo Collection: The Sportsman Spotlight And Action Photos From Las Vegas’ NHRA Toyota Nationals!
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, in conjunction with the NHRA Toyota Nationals, held the next to the last event in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series of...
27th NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion Crowns Event & Series Champions!
(Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) – Last weekend’s 27th California Hot Rod Reunion finished up competition at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, crowning not only event winners but also...
27th California Hot Rod Reunion – Friday Nitro Action With Huge Gallery!
(Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) – The 2018 California Hot Rod Reunion® presented by Automobile Club of Southern California roared to life on Friday with an awesome day featuring more...
27th California Hot Rod Reunion – BANGShift’s Gypsy Delivers The Nitro Funny Car Odds!
(Photos by Dyan Lover, Mike Burghardt, Jeff Burghardt, Bob Snyder, Kim Fuller and Darr Hawthorne) – The end of this 2018 nitro funny car drag racing season comes to a close at the 27th...
Geoff Turk Pockets Win & NMCA Championship In His Mopar Dodge Drag Pak Challenger!
(Photos Courtesy of MOPAR Media Relations) – Geoff Turk made history when he drove his Dodge Challenger Drag Pak to the first 7-second clocking in the history of drag racing for a factory...
HEMI® Challenge At Indy – The Super Stock/AH Cars Deliver!
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – The U.S. Nationals is the World’s biggest drag race and the photo galleries are starting to roll in. Here’s the first, the NHRA Dodge HEMI Challenge event at...
The 16th Ventura Nationals – More Kustoms, Caddys & Hot Rods!
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – The annual Ventura Nationals, held at Seaside Park in Ventura, California showed off an awesome collection of hot rods. This is the 16th year for the show with low...
The 16th Ventura Nationals – Hot Rods And Low Riders On The Beach!
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – There’s a lot to do on Labor Day weekend, one of the traditions of that particular weekend is the annual Ventura Nationals, held at Seaside Park on the beach in...
Wolkwitz Takes NHRA Dodge HEMI® Challenge Pole At U.S. Nationals, Daniels qualifies No. 2!
(Words and Photos Courtesy of MOPAR.com) – Gary Wolkwitz raced his vintage Super Stock 1968 Dodge Dart to the top spot during qualifying for the NHRA Dodge HEMI® Challenge, the popular...
UNFC Championship & Spokane Win To Bobby Cottrell!
(Photos by Annette Barton and Kim Fuller) – The inaugural season of the United Nitro Funny Cars Championship Series presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports is now complete with the fifth and...
Sportsman From The CatSpot NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways!
(Photos by Jeff Burghardt and Mike Burghardt) – We’ve been showing off a lot of the Pro and Fuel classes this year in the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing series, but we’ve got a great bunch of...
UNFC Championship Series “Double Point” Finale at Spokane County Raceway This Weekend!
(Photos by Dyan Lover) – This year, the Inaugural Good Vibrations Motorsports United Nitro Funny Car Championship Series has been dominated by one nitro funny car. With four of five races...
